结冰 (jié bīng) — to freeze, to ice over
Definition
A verb meaning water (or a surface) has frozen into ice — used for lakes, roads, and pipes icing over. Colloquial; the activity-noun form 结冰 is common.
verb
to freezeto ice over
Examples
- ，结冰。Dōng tiān dào le, hú miàn kāi shǐ jié bīng.Winter has arrived, and the lake is starting to freeze.
- ，。Shuǐ guǎn zuó wǎn jié le bīng, jīn tiān zǎo shàng méi shuǐ yòng.The water pipe froze last night, so there was no water this morning.
- ，。Zhè tiáo lù dōng tiān jīng cháng jié yí cì bīng, kāi chē yào xiǎo xīn.This road often freezes over once in winter, so drive carefully.
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